Image Field Data Accession number 01 Record number 01-1 JCB call number Z P [R] / 2-SIZE Image title [Map of the world] Place image published [Ulm] Image publisher [Lienhart Holle] Image date [1482] Image function plate Technique woodcut, hand coloring Image dimension height 42.8 cm. Image dimension width 57 cm. Page dimension height 42.8 cm. Page dimension width 57cm. Materials medium ink, colors Materials support paper Languages Latin Description A map of the pre-Columbian world, from Asia to Europe (excluding the "New World" of the Americas). Geographical elements include names of countries, rivers, seas, windheads, and lines of latitude. Source creator Ptolemy, 2nd cent. Source Title Cosmographia Source place of publication Ulm Source publisher Lienhart Holle Source date 1482 notes This is the first Ptolemy printed in Germany and the first edition in which woodcut maps appear. Sabin states that the maps are redrawn, corrected, and improved by Nicolaus Donis [i.e. Nicolaus Germanus]. Time Period Subject matter mappamundi, world map References Sabin Provenance/Donor Acquired in Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I Commentary Add a comment Subject Area Geography, maps, city views and plans Subject headings Geography, Ancient--Maps

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number Codex Z 3 / 2-SIZE Image title [Map of the world] Place image published [Venice] Image date [ ?] Image function plate [4] Technique manuscript Image dimension height 21.2 cm. Image dimension width 27.6 cm. Page dimension height 25.1 cm. Page dimension width 32.7 cm. Materials medium ink, colors, gilt Materials support vellum Languages Latin Description Map of the world surrounded by windheads in clouds and showing Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation in black and the Spanish silver fleet in gold. Source creator Agnese, Battista, fl Source Title [Atlas of Portolan Charts] Source place of publication [Venice] Source date [ ?] notes Given by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (Charles I of Spain) to his son, who ruled as Philip II of Spain, this atlas consists of fourteen maps. Agnese, a prolific Genoese mapmaker working in Venice, and his workshop produced a number of decorated manuscript maps. Seventy- one surviving Agnese atlases were identified by Henry R. Wagner in The decoration on this world map is among the most refined and beautiful of all. Time Period References Wagner, H. R. "Manuscript Atlases of Battista Agnese," Papers of the Bibliographical Soceity of America, XXV (1931), p References exhibitions Hough, S.J. Italians and the creation of America, 104, fig. II Provenance/Donor Acquired in 1893 by John Nicolas Brown. Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I geographic area Brazil geographic area Caribbean Islands geographic area Guianas geographic area North America geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject Area Geography, maps, city views and plans Subject headings World maps, Manuscript

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number Codex Z 3 / 2-SIZE Image title [Zodiac] Place image published [Venice] Image date [ ?] Image function plate [2] Technique manuscript Image dimension height 21.2 cm. Image dimension width 27.5 cm. Page dimension height 25.1 cm. Page dimension width 32.7 cm. Materials medium ink, colors, gilt Materials support vellum Languages Latin Description A zodiac surrounds an image of the earth including North and South America. The border contains fish, dolphins, hedgehogs, butterflies, snail, eagles, double-headed (Hapsburg) eagle, and birds. Source creator Agnese, Battista, fl Source Title [Atlas of Portolan Charts] Source place of publication [Venice] Source date [ ?] notes Given by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (Charles I of Spain) to his son, who ruled as Philip II of Spain, this atlas consists of fourteen maps. Agnese, a prolific Genoese mapmaker working in Venice, and his workshop produced a number of decorated manuscript maps. Seventy- one surviving Agnese atlases were identified by Henry R. Wagner in Time Period Visual categories Emblems (Allegorical pictures) References Wagner, H. R. "Manuscript Atlases of Battista Agnese," Papers of the Bibliographical Soceity of America, XXV (1931), p Provenance/Donor Acquired in Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I geographic area Brazil geographic area Caribbean Islands geographic area Guianas geographic area North America geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Flora and fauna Subject Area Geography, maps, city views and plans Subject headings Emblems Subject headings Western Hemisphere--Maps

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number Codex Z 3 / 2-SIZE Image title [Map of the Atlantic Ocean] Place image published [Venice] Image date [ ?] Image function plate [13] Technique manuscript Image dimension height 21.4 cm. Image dimension width 28.2 cm. Page dimension height 25.1 cm. Page dimension width 32.7 cm. Materials medium ink, colors, gilt Materials support vellum Languages Latin Description Map of the Western or Atlantic Ocean, showing the western coast of Europe and Africa, the eastern coast of North America, and the Caribbean basin. Cartographic elements include rhumb lines, compass rose, sea banks or shoals, and degrees of latitude. The border contains classical or mythological nautical figures including hippocampi. Source creator Agnese, Battista, fl Source Title [Atlas of Portolan Charts] Source place of publication [Venice] Source date [ ?] notes Given by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (Charles I of Spain) to his son, who ruled as Philip II of Spain, this atlas consists of fourteen maps. Agnese, a prolific Genoese mapmaker working in Venice, and his workshop produced a number of decorated manuscript maps. Seventy- one surviving Agnese atlases were identified by Henry R. Wagner in Time Period References Wagner, H. R. "Manuscript Atlases of Battista Agnese," Papers of the Bibliographical Soceity of America, XXV (1931), p References exhibitions Hough, S.J. Italians and the creation of America, 104, fig. II Provenance/Donor Acquired in 1893 by John Nicolas Brown. Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I geographic area Brazil geographic area Caribbean Islands geographic area Guianas geographic area North America geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Geography, maps, city views and plans Subject headings Atlantic Ocean--Maps

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number Codex Z 3 / 2-SIZE Image title [Map of the Pacific Ocean] Place image published [Venice] Image date [ ?] Image function plate [14] Technique manuscript Image dimension height 21.2 cm. Image dimension width 27.8 cm. Page dimension height 25.1 cm. Page dimension width 32.7 cm. Materials medium ink, colors, gilt Materials support vellum Languages Latin Description Map of the Pacific Ocean showing part of North and South America with the coasts unfinished. Also shows islands to the west of North America and in the Caribbean. Cartographic elements include rhumb lines, compass rose, sea banks or shoals, and degrees of latitude and longitude. The border contains classical motifs including armor, shields, swords, drum, torches, and Latin motto. Source creator Agnese, Battista, fl Source Title [Atlas of Portolan Charts] Source place of publication [Venice] Source date [ ?] notes Given by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (Charles I of Spain) to his son, who ruled as Philip II of Spain, this atlas consists of fourteen maps. Agnese, a prolific Genoese mapmaker working in Venice, and his workshop produced a number of decorated manuscript maps. Seventy- one surviving Agnese atlases were identified by Henry R. Wagner in Time Period References Wagner, H. R. "Manuscript Atlases of Battista Agnese," Papers of the Bibliographical Soceity of America, XXV (1931), p References exhibitions Hough, S.J. Italians and the creation of America, 104, fig. II Provenance/Donor Acquired in 1893 by John Nicolas Brown. Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I geographic area Caribbean Islands geographic area North America geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Geography, maps, city views and plans Subject headings Pacific Ocean--Maps

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number Ge776 C697 /8 Image title Representation du Feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck. Creator 1 François Xavier Habermann Creator 1 dates Creator 1 role gravé par Place image published Augsbourg [Augsburg] Image publisher au Negoce com[m]un de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire des Arts libereaux Image date 1776 Image function print Technique engraving, hand coloring Image dimension height 23.9 cm. Image dimension width 40.4 cm. Page dimension height 30.2 cm. Page dimension width 41.6 cm. Materials medium ink, colors Materials support paper Languages French, German Description Fires burn in New York City on the night of September 19 [really September 20-21],1776. A group of men wearing blue coats beat a man wearing a red coat, other men in blue coats beat red-coated men who carry water buckets, and black men carry trunks. Includes dwellings, church, swords, and muskets or guns. notes Image title in French is printed in reverse above image. Title in German at bottom of image. This perspective view, or "vue d'optique," was a special type of popular print published in Europe during the 18th century. These prints were viewed through a device called an "optical machine" or an "optique." On September 21, 1776, a destructive fire raced through New York City after Washington's army abandoned the city to the British. Since firefighting equipment had been sabotaged and warning bells had been melted for bullets by the colonists, the British suspected arson. A large part of the city from Trinity Church to the King's College was destroyed; it was estimated that one fourth of the city's dwellings were lost. This view is probably of a European town and is a fictitious rendering of New York City. Time Period References Cresswell, D. H. American Revolution in Drawings and Prints, item 268 References exhibitions Danforth, S. View of America, item 2 Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I Commentary Add a comment geographic area North America Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject Area Geography, maps, city views and plans Subject headings New York (N.Y.)--Description and travel

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number Ge776 C697 /6 Image title Vuë de la Nouvelle Yorck. Neu Yorck. Eine Stadt in Nord-America auf einer Insul Manahattan... Creator 1 Balthazar Frederic Leizelt Creator 1 role gravé par Place image published Augsbourg [Augsburg] Image publisher au Negoce com[m]un de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire des Arts libereaux Image date 1776 Image function print Technique engraving, hand coloring Image dimension height 25.1 cm. Image dimension width 39.6 cm. Page dimension height 32.6 cm. Page dimension width 44 cm. Materials medium ink, colors Materials support paper Languages French, German Description View of New York showing a harbor with ships with British flags and boats. Built environment includes shipyard and dwellings. Also includes horses pulling a cart. notes Image title in French is printed in reverse above image. Title in German at bottom of image. This perspective view, or "vue d'optique," was a special type of popular print published in Europe during the 18th century. These prints were viewed through a device called an "optical machine" or an "optique." This view is not of New York, but is one half of William Woollett's engraving of the Royal Dock Yard at Deptford, England. The other half of that engraving was transformed by Leizelt into a view of Philadelphia. Time Period References Cresswell, D. H. American Revolution in Drawings and Prints, item 553 References exhibitions Danforth, S. Encountering the New World, Fig. 67; Danforth, S. View of America, item 4 Provenance/Donor Acquired in Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I Commentary Add a comment geographic area North America Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject Area Geography, maps, city views and plans Subject headings New York (N.Y.)--Description and travel